Job Description

Job Description

The Hanlon Financial Systems Lab has several openings for lab assistants. The positions are open to currently enrolled students at Stevens.

The position requirements include:

• Assisting the Hanlon Lab operations (hardware, software, and databases)


• Providing support for students and faculty using the Lab (courses and events)


• Contributing to various research or web projects


• Exceptional learning ability of the complex systems operating in the Hanlon Lab


• Excellent oral and writing skills


• Availability to work 10-20 hours / week including several weekends during the semester.

There are 3 lab assistant tracks:

• Financial Databases


• Web, Media, and Communications


• Servers

Qualifications

A background in one or more of the following areas: Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics is required.

Financial Databases Skills (at least 2 of the following):

• Financial instruments datasets query/retrieval/processing experience (Bloomberg, WRDS, Capital IQ, Quantmod, etc.)


• Database language knowledge such as SQL variants (MySQL, WinSQL, PostgreSQL), Oracle, NoSQL variants, or Hadoop.


• Programming languages (C++, C#, JAVA, Python, etc.)


• Statistical and Financial Software (R, Matlab, Mathematica, R, SAS, Tableau, Stata, etc.)


• API development

Web, Media, and Communications Skills (at least 2 of the following):

• Proficiency in front-end technologies and frameworks such as HTML & Bootstrap, Javascript & Node.js


• Create storyboards, scripts, multimedia, narration, graphics, and animations.


• Responsible for video production and post-production audio and video editing.


• Interview Research Teams and produce short videos.


• Assisting the Hanlon Lab operations


• Excellent oral and writing skills

Servers Skills (at least 2 of the following):

• Maintain and develop applications for storage, computational, and virtual servers.


• Participate in lab projects involving server/client development.


• Excellent programming skills.


• OS administration (Windows, Linux)

Submission requirements:

• Your current copy of the Curriculum Vitae. Please make sure that you indicate the degree pursued at Stevens, the expected graduation date, and most recent GPA.


• Cover letter (maximum 1 page) that specifies your background / knowledge / skills relevant for the position. Please make sure that you include specific details related to your prior experience. Indicate the lab assistant track selected for your application: (Financial Databases), (Web, Media, and Communications), (Servers).

If you are applying for Web, Media and Communication track, please include a short sample of writing that describes a personal learning experience at Stevens and how it helped your future development.

Please do not mention skills for which you do not have a working knowledge.

Department

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